Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

Scientists are exploring the origin of life's ingredients on our planet. A recent study suggests that essential volatile ...

Astronomers know that stars are born in giant clouds of gas and dust, and that planets come from the swirling disks left ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned ...

Scientists believe giant impacts – like the one depicted in this artist’s concept – occurred on Mars 4.5 billion years ago, ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the highest resolution image to date, ...

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, ...

This in turn can be used to understand how planets are formed. “We are taking some of the first steps to probe young exoplanet atmospheres – a largely unknown population.

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

The models KRONOS creates will be used to understand the compositions of a wide variety of exoplanet atmospheres. This in turn can be used to understand how planets are formed.